Cardiovascular disease is a generic term that encompasses several conditions. List the main 3, and provide statistics from trusted organizations that focus on each of those diseases. Explain the 1) symptoms, 2) causes, 3) treatment and 4) prevention for each. Organize answers by number. 1) Asthma is becoming a bigger problem for more Americans everyday. […]
OXYGENATION CASE STUDY ASTHMA Hannah McGregor, a 9-year-old with asthma, lives at home with her parents and two brothers, who are 6 and 4 years old. Hannah developed asthma at approximately 5 years of age and has had wheezing episodes that were generally controlled by rescue medications. Two weeks ago, Hannah had a severe asthma […]
Asthma is a respiratory disorder that affects children and adults. Advanced practice nurses often provide treatment to patients with these disorders. Sometimes patients require immediate treatment, making it essential that you recognize and distinguish minor asthma symptoms from serious, life-threatening ones. Since symptoms and attacks are often induced by a trigger, advanced practice nurses must […]
Prepare a 6-8 minute persuasive and informative presentation on the importance of ensuring that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe to administer to people with asthma.
Write an essay discussing a structured clinical assessment including the history taking and objective tests necessary to confirm or refute the diagnosis of asthma. Your discussion must be relevant to your patient population. Your essay should explore the current evidence base around asthma diagnosis and analyse it in relation to your patient population. You must […]
The deliverable for Topic 8 will focus on describing a current child asthma education program, developing the evaluation questions, and determining the methods you will use to evaluate the program. At this time, you will also submit a program evaluation timetable and logic model (as appendices). The deliverable should be between 1,000 and 1,250 words, […]
Explain how you would assess the difference between asthma and a COPD patient and medications for each Discuss how these diseases affect patients over the lifespan with corresponding considerations for medications.
Using your chosen chronic illness from the list below, Hypertension Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diabetes Mellitus type 2 Childhood Asthma you will explore the use of evidence-based practice and how it is incorporated into case management patient care guidelines and pathways. Identify and discuss current best practices. Address the importance of basing case management on […]
Choose one of the following chronic diseases to address in this component: Hypertension Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diabetes Mellitus type 2 Childhood Asthma Complete the following: Detail the population including who the members are, contributing causes, past medical history, family/genetic components. Evaluate the population including size, seriousness of disease, special needs, etc. Assess the need […]
